Email & pictures recd 3-19-2012

good afternoon mother

my week was pretty great!!! it went by so fast!!!! i cant believe how fast time is going now!!! ahaha oh yeah that is me and elder muzo! hes not my comp hes a good friend though i love that kid!!! WWWWOOOOO!!!!!! kenzies face is so puffed!!!! i imagine thats how mine was hahaha.

yes dad told me that uncle lion died and it was really sad too. it kinda made me feel bad though cause here i forget about my family. i dont think about them a lot. and i mean that in the best way possible. im just focused on other things. and when i get news that someone dies it sucks even worse cause it makes me feel like way out of the loop but i know that i need to focus more here.

cj is so tall now!!!!!!! crazy huh!! i cant believe haylee is engaged!!!!!!!!!! what the heck?? what if mackenzie gets enganged before i get home?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?*!?!?!?!?! why is everyone growing up??? freak ah.

so check these pics. this was a lizard these dudes caught and our lunch cita bought it and we killed it and cooked it hahahaha and ate it. its actually like chicken exactly. it wasnt bad at all. and the other is a bowl of this fruit paste stuff they make here. but i took a pic of it cause it looks like dookie hahahahaha. its pretty good though. it has a lot of mango in it. oh yeah and my zone is kicking butt this month!!!!!! we will finish with like 8 families baptized in just our zone!!!!!!!!! things are going so good right now!!!!!! well thats pretty much it for this week sorry kinda lame but it passed so fast!!!! i love you mom!!

elder galvan

Email & pictures rec'd 3-12-2012

O.k. remember the bloody- hand photos? this thorn is what caused the bloody hand photos. I guess a couple of these went into his hands. YIKES.

Val didn't explain what this was--- but I am going to guess that because they were at the Volcano with the ZL's for their meeting, that this mural might be inside the museum or maybe their is a lobby where the tour guides meet? If there are tour guides?
I am not sure why Val sent us this photo- maybe you can figure it out?

The ZL's in front of the Volcano

The volcano he talks about in his letter- where they had their ZL meeting
more Volcano pics.

Look how cute he is? I guess now that his companion is a ZL too- all the supplies are in their room & they have a small room-- so you can imagine-- it is probably cramped.
This is Elder Ward (from Utah-- not AZ--) he was Val's companion like a year ago-
This is Val's new companion-- Elder Arce-- he is from Costa Rica & he has only been out 3 months. He is already a ZL which is crazy according to Val. He said he came on his mission very prepared!!!
Val's old companion- left to go home.
Val's police record. hmmmmmm-- I will have to dig into that?

good afternoon mother!

well yeah you know me.. never miss a photo op hahah. but this time no model pics and no pics of an accident. well this week was a good one! i got my new comp his name is elder arce from costa rica!!! my first tico. and he is a new zone leader who only has 3 months in his mission and that is like waaayy un heard of in any mission!!!! he came way prepared on his mission and he is way cool!!!!!!!! in one of the pictures he is the one with the really red tie.

you'll also see a bunch of pics at a volcano we went to for our zone leader council hahha. we had the meeting at a volcano which was really cool. our president is really happy cause our mission is doing a lot better and we could baptize 40 families this month as a mission!!!!!!

im glad that cj is doing really good in sports!!! im sure she has the same attitude as me thats why we didnt get along too well cause were exactly alike haha. but i love that girñl and miss her a lot!!! tell her and mackenzie to stop slacking and email a brotha. haha matt powell.... que bueno

alright so to explain the pictures there is one of my police record i tried to look like a thug in the picture i took to make it look more legit. theres one of me with elder ward from utah he was my comp over a year ago and he just went home. and one with elder jimenez he just went home too. theres one of me with a ton of boxes. as ZLs we have all the supplies in our house and they brought r us supplies for the whole year............ in our tiny little room..... hahaha so we have no space in there. then some pics of me with all the ZLs and my new comp at the zone leader council. ill be sending more pictures in another message. but this is whats been happening lately!!!! i love you mom i hope you have a great week!!!!

elder galvan

Email & pictures rec'd 3-5-2012

Sweet tie, thanks Travis & Nicole McBeth. Not sure why he is posing with the "female" mannequin.

Family that came to visit Val from Batahola. They came to visit Val when he was serving in Masaya on his birthday last year. I remember he told me it was awesome that they surprised him.!!
This motorcycle belongs to a recent convert & he delivers chicken on it. I guess Val is thinking about pursuing modeling when he gets home & he is starting his portfolio before he leaves??? Just kidding-- of course he isn't going into modeling! YIKES!!

Good afternoon!!

hahaha ask dad about how that happened!! im too embarrassed about it hahah i dont want to tell it twice hahaha. its not as bad as it looks just a lot of blood. but sweet on the new calling!!!! at least it will be fun right???? at least you dont have to go to a singles ward like me when i get home........ maybe i'll slip the bishop a lincoln hopefully he'll let me stay in the family ward!!!!

yeah dad told me about cjs game freak shes doing way good in sports now huh?? its gonna be fun to watch her play again. i think ill be back for basketball season so that will be fun!!!! as for kenz.. yes i took my ipod. and they numbed me but i didnt get put to sleep!!!! i was awake the whole time. and if you get put to sleep why do you need the ipod?? hahahaha. well im glad you got the box i was starting to worry that you didnt get it!!!! and thanks for delivering the letters. although i don't like that picture of me but i appreciate you doing that!!! your awesome mom!!! well not much new around here. i get a new comp on wednesday cause mine is going home this week he finished his mission. kinda trunky but its all good!!

ok so the pictures are of my photo shoot with a motor cycle that a recent convert has hahaha he delivers chicken!!!! sexy boy huh?? and the other is the family that i know from batahola a year ago!!! if you remember they visited me in masaya on my birthday and yesterday they suprised me at church!!!!!!!! it was great!!! and the tie i have on in the picture is a swweet tie that nicole and travis sent me!!!!!! ok well thats all i got mother i love you!!! have a great week

elder galvan